Plum trees that have just started to bloom are delighting visitors at an annual festival at the Kairakuen garden in Mito City ...

Pear, plum, fig and medlar trees can also produce good results. Different varieties produce their fruit at different times of year. The fruit of early ripening trees tends not to keep well whereas ...

About 300 plum trees of 30 varieties with both red and white blossoms can be found in Iwamotoyama Park, in the foothills of Japan's most famous mountain. Early-blooming varieties began to blossom ...

Ahead of cherry blossom season, the ume or plum blossoms brighten up the colder months in Japan. This guide introduces the different varieties. This type of ume is close to the original species ...

Plum Festival kicked off at Atami Plum Garden in Shizuoka Prefecture on January 11. Atami Geisha also celebrated by giving a performance at the opening ceremony. The garden boasts 469 plum trees of 60 ...